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Re: MCS or DGJS- a parent's dilemma
I can assure you that there are no secret keys to success in gaining a place at DGJS, although I wish there were. I am just taking a logical and analytical approach to the whole process.
I approached the interview in a similar way to that of a job interview with a major international corporation. The interview lasts 5-10mins, 3-4 questions and two girls at a time. I ask myself, how can the Headmistress make a valid decision based upon the above factors? Especially since she was quoted in an interview by a local newspaper on the day that application forms were handed out by the school, that no profiles should be sent in as they will just be thrown to the dustbin and it would be a waste of resources.
With the above as background information, it was time to analyse what the school wanted as students?
There are 105 places, I think priority will go to daughter/grand-daughter of people in high political office, then captains of industry, perhaps famous entertainment stars, followed by 20-25 places for CCKG students and then children with connections. I made an estimation of 65-70 places left for allocation to parents like ourselves. Actually for P1 2005 entry, it is quite a favourable since many parents wanted "Dragon" sons and daughters. From these estimations we are looking at a 3-4% chance of success.
Next is to imagine what the ideal girl for DGJS in the Headmistress' opinion. I came up with a girl that posesses the following; independence, discipline, good manners, etiquette and finally good communicational skills.
As the recent buzz-theme for young children during schools interviews globally are in the areas of compare and contrast, observation skills and communicational skills, we focused our preparation for our daughter in these areas through game play.
Other details worth noting are:-
1. I have never seen the Headmistress photographed not wearing a business suit, so I made the presumption that business attire was most appropriate. Also I was told beforehand that she does look carefully at the accompanying parents.
2. Trend towards stay at home mums.
3. My daughter's posture during the interview.
4. Answering in full sentences.
Finally and most importantly, in my opinion, is to provide the right type of incentive and motivation for your daughter to perform well at the interview. We had thought, out of the box, on this element of the process and it truly worked in our favour. This little secret I will keep to myself.
So why am I so confident that my daughter did extremely well because she exceeded my wildest dreams of my expectations for her. During the day, she showed signs of nervousness on the way to the school, but once we arrived all the nervousness disappeared and she was eager to attend the interview.
She was smiling going into the interview, and smiling when she came out. Her first question to me, when the interview finished was, why had it ended so quickly as she was enjoying it so much? She was able to tell me the whole interview process, on the game she played first, to the question that was asked and her reply and finally described the two pictures she was asked to compare and contrast and then list out the answers that she had given. In addition, she was also able to tell me that the Headmistress was taking notes during the interview and also the fact that it was a red pen she was using to write with.
I wanted to share with fellow members of this forum, the above analysis and also the performance of my daughter on the day as they are the fundamental reasons behind my confidence in her attaining a place at DGJS. I would welcome a critique to the above and whether my confidence is unfounded.
Many thanks.
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發表於 04-12-5 11:18
